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Hub Dialogues: Ian Scott on Canada's digitial divide & the telecommunications sector

Ian Scott, former chair and CEO of the CRTC and visiting scholar at McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy, discusses his recent paper on Canada's digital divide, and what could be done to boost competitive intensity in the telecommunications sector, including the possibility of fully repealing foreign investment restrictions under the Telecommunications Act.


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The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.


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